Information and the 'physical universe'

From: James Higgo (co.uk) <"James>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:52:05 -0000

Bruno,

In conversations with friends, I am often asked why the minimal Kolmogorov
complexity of Tegmark's schema has any relevance to the physical world. Why
should information theory tell us anything about the 'real' world? What
grounds do we have to believe that the stuff of the 'physical' world is
information?

Bruno, without referring me to your excellent paper, could you provide me
with your succinct answer?

James
Received on Sun Feb 04 2001 - 14:42:33 PST